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Holding Pakistan responsible for ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said India’s unity has been challenged and the forces behind it need to be defeated. Addressing the BJP’s ‘Tiranga Yatra’ here, the minister said Pakistan was once again at war with India "using new methods" of spreading unrest …

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday congratulated economist and banker Urjit R. Patel after the government named him the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to succeed Raghuram R. Rajan. "Congratulations to @UrjitPatel_ on being appointed as Governor of RBI," Jaitley tweeted. The Finance Minister also hoped that Patel would successfully lead …

Amid intense speculation over the rate of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said moderate taxes and high evasions cannot coexist. "If all taxpayers pay their taxes, it will help bring in tax rates further low. The more the evasions and exemptions, the higher will be the tax rate. So, …

With Parliament passing the GST Bill in the just-concluded session, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has now asked Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to ensure its early ratification. Jaitley has written separate but identical letters to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrasekhar Rao in this regard. "The Constitution (122nd …

With India’s relations with Pakistan touching a new low, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to give a miss to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Finance Ministers’ meet in Islamabad scheduled for August 25-26. "Ultimately, it is the government’s decision whether the Finance Minister goes to Islamabad or not. But so …

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley-led ministerial panel will meet the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh tomorrow to discuss their demands as a proposed nation-wide strike by central trade unions on September 2 looms. Jaitley has called for a meeting with leaders of the RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), in which four ministers who are part of the ministerial …

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday called for reforms at municipal and panchayat levels to complement the efforts of the Centre and the states to improve ease of doing business. Both the Centre and the states’ steps to promote ease of doing business will only be successful when it will percolate down to civic …